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JR East announces hybrid train fleet

2009-02-19T09:00:00

E200 hybrid train.

JAPAN: East Japan Railway is to introduce a further 10 diesel-battery hybrid DMUs in autumn 2010. The announcement follows the success of three Kiha E200 single-car units developed with Hitachi and launched on the Koumi line in July 2007.

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